Curvature effects on pressure-induced buckling of empty or filled double-walled carbon nanotubes

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 187, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 55-73

  Qian, H ^a,b   Xu, K Y ^a,b  

^a Shanghai University ^*

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; LOADS (FORCES); PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS ANALYSIS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CURVATURE EFFECTS; DOUBLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (DWNT); ELASTIC SHELL MODEL; PRESSURE INDUCED BUCKLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33750718508     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-006-0372-1     Document Type: Article

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